Introduction

CANYON HISTORY Canyoning is by far one of the most rapidly increasing adventure sports in the Blue Mountains. There are many commercial groups ewhich provide canyon tours in the Blue Mountains. Canyons have been around for millions of years, with the adventure sport of canyoning starting around the 1940's. Many canyons have been discovered since then, with more still being found today. There are currently over 300 accessihle canyons today in Australia. WHAT IS CANYONING ? Canyoning is a combination of, abseiling, swimming, rock climbing, li-loing, navigation, buswalking and more recently mountain biking.

LOCATION Canyons can be found in the Wollemi, Kanangra Boyd, Blue Mountains, Gardens of Stone National Parks and the Newnes State Forest. These parks are illistrated on the map. CANYON TYPES There are two varieties of canyons, open and slot canyons. Open Canyons - these type of canyons are an open creek with abseils, climbdowns and water jumps. Abseils in these canyons can range up to 60 metres. Kanangra Boyde National Park is renowned for these type of canyons. Slot Canyons - compriseof deep narrow, wet, dark sections. Canyon sections can be as narrow as several feet. Tunnel swims, water jumps, tricky climb dows, climb arounds, abseils down waterfalls into dark caverns all add to the excitement of slot canyons. Abseils within these canyons vary between 0 - 30 metres. The most common being under 20 metres. Some canyons require rock climbing skills for the exit.

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